Words to inspire by influential people

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail,  the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.  Theophile Gautier #Rafikfarouk

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.  Laurence Sterne #Rafikfarouk

We know we cannot plant seeds with closed fists.  To sow, we must open our hands.  Adolfo Perez Esquivel #Rafikfarouk

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe #Rafikfarouk

If you're going to do something, you do it all the way. Norman Braman #Rafikfarouk

Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you are an artist. Jacques Lipchitz #Rafik

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.  Saint Francis de Sales #Rafikfarouk

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.  Ann Landers #Rafikfarouk

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.  John Dryden #Rafikfarouk

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.  Ayn Rand #RafikFarouk

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.  Miguel de Cervantes #Rafikfarouk

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.'  Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.  George Herbert #Rafikfarouk

Patience is the companion of wisdom.  Saint Augustine #rafikfarouk

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.  Aldous Huxley #Rafikfarouk